The Army Chief stated that the operation successfully targeted terror infrastructure while also challenging long-standing strategic assumptions. He emphasised that India’s decision to stop the operation after a limited duration reflected calculated restraint rather than escalation.
'Operation Sindoor showcased precision, control and resolve as one coherent national act': Army Chief
Terming Operation Sindoor as a defining example of India’s evolving strategic doctrine, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday asserted that the operation demonstrated how military action, diplomatic messaging, information management, and economic strength can work together as a unified national response. The Army Chief said the operation reflected India’s ability to execute a calibrated force with precision while maintaining deliberate strategic restraint.
Addressing the seminar on “Security to Prosperity: Smart Power for Sustained National Growth” at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies in the national capital, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said Operation Sindoor was not merely a military strike but a carefully designed strategic action.
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“12 months ago, India offered the world a partial answer to the so-called smart power question. On the intervening night of May 6 and May 7, in a precise 22-minute operation window, Operation Sindoor delivered military precision, information control, diplomatic signalling, and economic resolve as one coherent national act,” he said.
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The Army Chief stated that the operation successfully targeted terror infrastructure while also challenging long-standing strategic assumptions. He emphasised that India’s decision to stop the operation after a limited duration reflected calculated restraint rather than escalation.
“It struck deep, dismantled terror infrastructure, punctured a long-standing strategic assumption, and then stopped. Deliberately and purposefully. The deliberate halt after 88 hours was smart power in its most complete expression,” he added.
During his address, the Army Chief also spoke about shifting global geopolitical realities, saying the world was witnessing rising distrust, fractured alliances and growing competition driven by power politics.
“We were promised a world where prosperity would make power politics obsolete. Instead, we have a world where power politics is being used to reorganise prosperity,” he said.
He observed that international conflicts were no longer confined to military battlefields and now directly affected economic systems, governance structures, industrial production, and technological capabilities.
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